TestBATN: Testing Business, Application, Transport and Network Layers

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TestBATN Testing Business, Application,
Transport and Network Layers

• Tuncay Namli and Prof. Dr. Asuman Dogac
• SRDC Ltd.
• Ankara, Turkey

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TestBATN Framework

• TestBATN Framework is
• Generic
• Web-based
• Modular with Pluggable Adaptors
• Capable of testing all the layers in the
  Interoperability Stack, namely,
• Business layer,
• Application Layer and
• Transport and the Network Layers
• Both Conformance and Interoperability can be
  tested
• Using TestBATN, the scenarios for HL7 and NESUBL
  are already developed
• TestBATN is being used in industry to test the
  conformity of Hospital Information Systems (HIS)
  to the National Health Information System (NHIS)
  of Turkey based on HL7 v3 CDA for more than a
  year now
• It can be used test conformance and
  interoperability of any standard like OAGIS, GS1
  eCOM, CIDX, RosettaNet, etc.

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TestBATN Features

• TestBATNTest Execution Model consisting of high
  level test constructs
• Provides functionalities to handle or simulate
  different parts or layers of the interoperability
  stack
• Can automate the whole testing process
• Messaging Capabilities (Sending, Receiving,
  Listening)
• Data Processing Capabilities
• Test Assertions
• Configuration Management
• User Interaction (set/show scenario requirements,
  test questions, monitoring test execution)

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TestBATN Test Description Language

• A computer interpretable XML-based test
  description language which provides
• Flexibility
• To design, Modify, Maintain and Extend the test
  functionality
• In contrast to a priori designed and hard coded
  test cases
• Provides a graphical environment
• Where a test designer can assemble the reusable
  test constructs to design a test scenario

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TestBATN-Conformance Testing
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TestBATN Interoperability Testing
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Modular Approach

• Messaging Interface
• Transport/Communication Adaptor Interface To
  receive, send or listen to messages in different
  protocols like TCP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.
• Packaging Adaptor Interface To pack or unpack
  messages according to higher layer messaging
  protocols such as SOAP or ebMS
• Test Adaptor Interface
• Validation Adaptor Interface To validate a
  content according a given schema and to generate
  a verdict and a structured test report (XML
  Schema Validator or Schematron Validator)
• Verification Adaptor Interface To perform
  complex tests on any content and to generate a
  verdict and a structured test report for the
  performed tests (XPATH Verifier, Regular
  Expression Verifier, other special purpose test
  tools)
• Value Initiator Adaptor Interface To generate or
  to chose random values from a specific value list
• Function Library Interface To facilitate the
  definition and implementation of functions to be
  used in TestBATN TDL expressions as auxiliary
  data processing entities
• Data Model Interface To define specific data
  models for the content formats that are not XML
  based

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Test Scenario List
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Configuration
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Preliminary Data
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Scenario Execution